Relief fund for burned ND town surpasses $100K

Lemmon, S.D.-based Dakota Plains Federal Credit Union set up the fund after the Oct. 17 fire swept through Bucyrus.

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Crookston Times - Crookston, MN

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Posted Nov. 23, 2012 at 12:00 PM

By Associated Press

Posted Nov. 23, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Bucyrus, N.D.

A relief fund set up to help residents of a southwestern North Dakota town devastated by a wildfire has surpassed $100,000.

Lemmon, S.D.-based Dakota Plains Federal Credit Union set up the fund after the Oct. 17 fire swept through Bucyrus. The blaze destroyed four homes in the town of 27 people. Some families still are displaced.